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Everybody else, if Psych is on your Steam friends list and you get the same message, be aware that it's phishing spam. And for the love of all that is holy, make sure not to enter your Steam username and password into that phishing site.

Probably helps some of you hang out in IRC all day I got the same message but wasn't home to see it until the dust settled. Interesting to see how the hackers tried it, big question I have is how Psych got the privilege of being "patient zero" so to speak.

Probably helps some of you hang out in IRC all day I got the same message but wasn't home to see it until the dust settled. Interesting to see how the hackers tried it, big question I have is how Psych got the privilege of being "patient zero" so to speak.

Little back story, now I am actually home from work. I was spending the day moving financial records to a storage facility, stopped by my room (I am staying in a hotel for a few months) between loads to check a couple messages. I was just about to head out when I got an odd message from one of my steam friends. This person is not a goodjer, and I have a not so great history with this person. I didn't read the message closely since I was in a bit of a rush, but it said something about a post of some forums. This guy has a tendency to be rather inappropriate and rude, so I was worried there was some crap starting.

I followed the link to what LOOKED like steam's forums. But as my much wiser and more intelligent steam friends knew was a dummy site. Almost immediately after trying to find this message I got a message from steam saying I had been logged out. I tried logging back in, but was unable to for about 5 minutes. When I finally got back in I immediately changed the password, checked my account, and canceled my CC from that account.

I do want to say thanks to everyone who checked to make sure I was alright and that I knew my account was compromised. Again proof that this community is the best, and that I should avoid non-goodjer steam friends at all cost.

The really devious places tell you that you are using an incorrect password when you try to log in. Odds are you'll get confused and start running through all of your common passwords. That way if an email address is tied to the account they'll have a good shot at breaking it too even if you use a different password like you're supposed to.